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05-15-2019, 02:31 PM( This post was last modified: 05-15-2019, 02:32 PM by Pckts )
Hogs and Dulkiers vs Warthogs, Herdebeest, Wildebeest, Zebra, Waterbuck, Impalla, Rhino, Giraffe, Kudu, Eland, Buffalo etc.
Its once again not in the same bracket and once again the averages mean weight of prey species is negligible based off the limited study of scat samples or kill sites. But as we all know, larger leopards take larger prey and we see it with kills of all the animals listed above who are as large or larger than Hogs
I'm curious, you use photographic evidence to claim extremes on leopard size yet you dont acknowledge photographic evidence that Leopards take much more than
Impala?
We have pages of predation on much more than Impala, Scat samples and Kill sites tell only a very small portion of the story. In fact, like I posted on Sambar predation in the GIR, the 2 can offer contridictive data.
You have far more experienced people in India/africa who are naturalists and guides than any researcher alive. Even ones like packer or joubert, they dont hold a candle to the guides in terms of experience. These people view the wildlife every day, grew up with it and make a living off it, ask them about what animals leopards kill. See of it's mostly impala and nothing else.
I will guarantee you that they'll say they see Leopards take all kinds.
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